Burgers and Nuts on Euclid Avenue in Willoughby
Burgers are burgers my friend no matter what you do to dress them up, but this place is doing one hell of a job trying to do just that. My perennial cohort and I decided to get something to eat as we often do on a Sunday afternoon. She wanted Chick-Fil-A but then remembered their archaic notion of being closed on Sundays. As we were driving I remembered that someone had told me about the place call Burgers and Nuts so we decided to give it a try.
At the second interior vestibule door there is a note reading something like, this is not part of a franchise and is in fact the only Burger and Nuts store no others like it, yadda, yadda. Family owned and operated, to which we found a working owner on duty while we were there. The clipping from a local newspaper was on the wall and my companion noticed who he was due to the photo in the paper.
Be prepared before you go, this place is not inexpensive. In fact we spent almost $20.00 on two burgers, one order of fries and two milkshakes. That is way too much in my mind. BUT, I must say, the burgers were huge and there is a list of about fifteen things you can get as topping without extra charge, no cheese is not one of them it costs something like $.75. Some of the offerings were: raw onion, pickles, sauteed onion and mushroom, japalenos, tomatoes, A-1 sauce, and the general condiments. ( I might suggest they try somethings that are a bit less standard in order to give them an edge.) Two patties of 1/2 pound total pre-cooked weight is the "regular" burger. A "small" burger is 1/4 pound which is what I will get if I return. The order of fries was served in a Styrofoam cup, I HATE those things, overflowing in to the paper bag, which was our service "platter." The milk shakes, were hand dipped, which really doesn't make any difference to me, and also overpriced for more than $3.00. All of the table in the place were dirty as well. We had to ask for a towel but the young lady behind the counter graciously came out to clean herself, though she only cleaned that one table.
The outing was interesting but not overly exciting. I would probably return and try something else but, again, a burger is a burger is a burger, UNLESS you do something exciting to the beef itself. AND, due to my companion's odd manner of eating burgers, COMPLETELY PLAIN, she knew immediately that there was nothing special about the seasoning, if there was any at all.
Oh, the nuts part of the name is due to the fact that there is a bucket of peanuts on each table for your munching pleasure.
Well, on the very next Wednesday, I just happened to be watching Fox 8 when they began talking about their Hot List. Much to my surprise, I've always wanted to use that phrase and never had a place to put it but it definitely fits here, I heard them speaking of "The Best Burger in Cleveland." I was not really paying attention as I was reading my most recent Rolling Stone, but I heard them say something about 5 Guys, Burgers and Fries (or something very similar). I looked up and thought they must have been mistaken. The film of the place looked EXACTLY like this place of which I had just written. Their note stated that they were THE ONLY ONE. BULLSHIT!!!!! I now feel completely hoodwinked and would never go back there. In fact, I think I will contact 5 Guys and tell them how their concept has been appropriated and others are pawning it off as their idea. This is one for the books. I feel that they think we dumb-ass Willoughbyians are not "worldly enough" to get out a find that something exists in the larger world. Shame on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The worst part of this is that these fuckers LIED to us!!!!
At the second interior vestibule door there is a note reading something like, this is not part of a franchise and is in fact the only Burger and Nuts store no others like it, yadda, yadda. Family owned and operated, to which we found a working owner on duty while we were there. The clipping from a local newspaper was on the wall and my companion noticed who he was due to the photo in the paper.
Be prepared before you go, this place is not inexpensive. In fact we spent almost $20.00 on two burgers, one order of fries and two milkshakes. That is way too much in my mind. BUT, I must say, the burgers were huge and there is a list of about fifteen things you can get as topping without extra charge, no cheese is not one of them it costs something like $.75. Some of the offerings were: raw onion, pickles, sauteed onion and mushroom, japalenos, tomatoes, A-1 sauce, and the general condiments. ( I might suggest they try somethings that are a bit less standard in order to give them an edge.) Two patties of 1/2 pound total pre-cooked weight is the "regular" burger. A "small" burger is 1/4 pound which is what I will get if I return. The order of fries was served in a Styrofoam cup, I HATE those things, overflowing in to the paper bag, which was our service "platter." The milk shakes, were hand dipped, which really doesn't make any difference to me, and also overpriced for more than $3.00. All of the table in the place were dirty as well. We had to ask for a towel but the young lady behind the counter graciously came out to clean herself, though she only cleaned that one table.
The outing was interesting but not overly exciting. I would probably return and try something else but, again, a burger is a burger is a burger, UNLESS you do something exciting to the beef itself. AND, due to my companion's odd manner of eating burgers, COMPLETELY PLAIN, she knew immediately that there was nothing special about the seasoning, if there was any at all.
Oh, the nuts part of the name is due to the fact that there is a bucket of peanuts on each table for your munching pleasure.
Well, on the very next Wednesday, I just happened to be watching Fox 8 when they began talking about their Hot List. Much to my surprise, I've always wanted to use that phrase and never had a place to put it but it definitely fits here, I heard them speaking of "The Best Burger in Cleveland." I was not really paying attention as I was reading my most recent Rolling Stone, but I heard them say something about 5 Guys, Burgers and Fries (or something very similar). I looked up and thought they must have been mistaken. The film of the place looked EXACTLY like this place of which I had just written. Their note stated that they were THE ONLY ONE. BULLSHIT!!!!! I now feel completely hoodwinked and would never go back there. In fact, I think I will contact 5 Guys and tell them how their concept has been appropriated and others are pawning it off as their idea. This is one for the books. I feel that they think we dumb-ass Willoughbyians are not "worldly enough" to get out a find that something exists in the larger world. Shame on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The worst part of this is that these fuckers LIED to us!!!!
posted by johnathan e at 12:20 PM
1 Comments:
It is family owned and the only one in existence. Correct me if I am wrong but Five Guys does not monopolize the build your own burger concept. Many other restaurants also have that concept... i.e. Brown Bag, Fat Burger, In and Out Burger . They are one of many burger places and they happen to have great food and great service ...Try not to be so bitter its okay if you do not like it because many other people do including myself. Great Job Burger Nuts keep up the good work and GREAT food!!!!!!!
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